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Free startup idea: An ad service that did things simply without any targeted stalking involved.
by mfer 7y ago
Free startup idea: An ad service that did things simply without any targeted stalking involved.
- alkonaut 7y agoThese exist. But so long as adivertisers can buy ads with tracking, fraud detection etc, they will. The key to getting reasonable ads back is making the bad ads impossible for advertisers to buy.
- mfer 7y agoDo you have a reference? Looking around I didn't see anything. I might have missed it though.
- edoceo 7y agoMaybe Carbon ads?
- carstenhag 7y agoYeah, carbon seems to be pretty good. I used to see it on codepen and some other design website. Always relevant, but carbon seems limited to developers and designers. Some other ad thing which doesn't need tracking: Sponsored posts or targeting people who follow someone on Instagram.
- alkonaut 7y agoYes, carbon is probably the biggest one.
- rpastuszak 7y agoAlso, curious to see how an ad network can guarantee that its creatives don’t misbehave, this is brand safety played on “godlike” (sorry for bad Unreal reference).
- rishav_sharan 7y agoDo you think any ad purchaser will actually buy such an ad? What would be the engagement rates of such ads be? I am not sure how viable such a company will be in the real world.
- dumbfounder 7y agoOne big problem is that ad fraud is rampant. Knowing a person is really seeing the ad is very important, which tracking helps you confirm to a certain degree.